beautiful music

mondymike

There was a thing on today fm/2fm last week where they did a top ten of tunes to make men cry. i only roughly caught the top ten and wanna make one up as it will do for those melancholy nites


I have stuff like 'into my arms' by nick cave/jack L
Gallileo-declan o'rourke
the live long version of The river by Bruce Springsteen,
Sarah by Phillo and the boys
'Black is the colour', and 'you do something to me' by paul weller
She talks to angels' by the black crowes
Trouble by Ray lamontagne
Scorn not his simplicity by Luke Kelly ( oh wat a song!)

and a few more......

Any ideas?
i cant stop thinkin bout it and even worse i'm racking my brains tryin to!!

Holmer

hi mike you could try "Communication" or "3:45 No Sleep" from the cardigans album long gone before daylight. very underrated album. or Bonnie Prince Billy's album The Letting Go. Get yourself a bottle of red and let it all out! ::D

J.S. Pill

mondymike wrote:

There was a thing on today fm/2fm last week where they did a top ten of tunes to make men cry. i only roughly caught the top ten and wanna make one up as it will do for those melancholy nite

What the fcuk?

Do you mean cry with laughter? This was clearly thought up by a woman

Dudess

mondymike wrote:

I have stuff like 'into my arms' by nick cave
the live long version of The river by Bruce Springsteen,
Scorn not his simplicity by Luke Kelly ( oh wat a song!)

I would agree with you on all of the above - deeply saddening no matter what gender you are. Although don't credit Jack L with Into My Arms - it's Mr Cave's and nobody else's!

I defy ANYONE to listen to Vapour Trail by Ride and not get something in their eye or a lump in their throat. I actually can't really listen to it - too upsetting.

Oh ok. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0tOjAESwSY

mondymike

trust me i'm all man jspill but thanks for the view from cork ;~)
holmer 3.45 no sleep is true, possible addition
Sorry dudess its mr cave's all right. was thinkin of The arms of an angel (?) think its called by Eva cassidy too.
and Hallelluiah of course by Jeff b
vapour trail is quite the wrencher all right, thanks 4 that
God i gotta find out bout the chart,

shanethemofo

Jeff buckley - hallelujah, The live version on some french programme.

Holmer

i think it actually was a woman who thought it up, it was on the ray darcy show on today fm, but it was cos her husband/boyfriend started crying during arcade fire doin intervention at oxygen. teeth by kristin hersh is a good melancholy one ive just thought of too, but not sad as such. weird lyrics; "this hairdo's truly evil" (?) on his highness mr. cave, ive always thought that people ain't no good is sadder than the admittedly fantastic into my arms

Dudess

Kristin Hersh tends to write directly what the voices in her head tell her - seriously, she has been afflicted with various horrific mental illnesses.

Holmer

yeah she has had a pretty difficult life... says she dreams her songs and wakes up with them fully formed in her head...weird. no fear of writers block then, unless she suffers from insomnia as well as everything else;)

Dudess

Her bipolar causes her to hallucinate - scary.

BaZmO*

Dudess wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0tOjAESwSY

Yeah I cried too, but then my mouse started working again and I could eventually turn it off! God that was sh1te!

Holmer

she better not listen to the songs on mike's list then! no disrespect though, i love kristin. Any others for the list by the way?

Dudess

BaZmO* wrote:

Yeah I cried too, but then my mouse started working again and I could eventually turn it off! God that was sh1te!

Then check out my shoegazing thread in Indie/Alternative, BaZmO* - plenty of scope for you to vent!

Holmer

im tryin to remember what was number 1 in that chart, dont think it was hallelujah (surprise i know) i think it was everybody hurts which is good but fairly obvious. i was thinking of going back by dusty springfield as a good one, always does it for me

Kevster

I don't know bout crying but songs that make me melt and feel 'funny' inside are:

Johann Pachelbel - Canon In D Minor
Johann Sebastian Bach - Toccata & Fugue In D Minor (Vanessa Mae's version)
Johann Sebastian Bach - Air On The G String
Michael Nyman - The Heart Asks Pleasure First


Plus, this song always makes me feel sad for some reason:

The Connells - ´74 '75

J.S. Pill

There's only one song that men are allowed to shed a tear for - Amhran na bhFiann, but only if you're an Irish rugby player getting ready to play England for the first time at Croke park - any other incidence is completely and utterly unacceptable.

Holmer

Good call kevster anything from the piano soundtrack is pretty sweet. Amelie soundtrack has some brilliant piano too. but js is quite right we should only be cryin for a soldiers song... Or when scotland kick the living piss out of us...

nice1franko

well crying might be pushing it a bit but some good uns:

Dave Matthews Band - stay or leave, grace is gone (the acoustic ver)
Craig Amstrong - let's go out tonight, stay, wake up in new york
Damien Dempsey - ghosts of overdoses
Damien Rice - blowers daughter
Arcade Fire - intervention
Pavarotti - nessun dorma
Michael Andrews/Gary Jules - mad world
Pink Floyd - wish you were here

bwwwwwwaahahahahahahaaaaaaa don't die come back

Smegball

Evanesence - My Immortal
Alice In Chains - Down In A Hole (don't know why though)

Holmer

Rufus Wainwright-This Love Affair
saw him do it solo on other voices, completely fantastic i think.

Smashing Pumpkins-Jupiter's Lament
b-side of Tonight,Tonight. short but oh so sweet.

mc nuggets

Cannon in D and Damien Rice's 9 Crimes are the only two that i can really think of

Catari Jaguar

Johnny Cash's version of Hurt. Oh god *eyes well up*

Catari Jaguar

Holmer wrote:

Amelie soundtrack has some brilliant piano too...

That be Yann Tiersen. Man is a genius. How he can have music that beautiful, pure, whimsical and deep inside him just blows my mind. It's like a fairytale. Maybe it's because he's French?

Czech out the soundtrack he made for "Goodbye Lenin" too.

Hypnotoad

Most Sigur ros songs.
How to disappear completely by radiohead too.

Kali

Most tracks by Sophie Zelmani are beautiful... especially Oh Dear.

Setun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HypmW4Yd7SY

This is an incredible piece of work. Quite moving.

tman

Akeboshi - Wind
The album version is nicer still, but it's definitely an aquired taste...

As far as classical music goes, Satie's "Trois Gymnopedie" is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard

And one more before I go to bed... "Sufjan Stevens - the dress looks nice on you"

Andrewf20

Lil Kitten wrote:

Johnny Cash's version of Hurt. Oh god *eyes well up*

Was just about to post that one! "Us and them" by Pink Floyd can be tough near the end I find. "Jesus to a Child" by G Michael & "We do what we're told" & "Dont give up" by Peter Gabriel, both from his 1986 album "So". Brilliant.

Rozie

Second skin by the Chameleons -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tdf-hmuxRg0&mode=related&search=

Has some real "lovey dovey" elements to it but is a great song. The album version sends shivers down my spine. Check it out sometime.

nice1franko

ive heard better farts than that

Rozie

nice1franko wrote:

ive heard better farts than that

Well, you would if you're tone deaf.